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reproductive success

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 58 | Mentions: 64

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Knowledge graph centered on reproductive success with 76 nodes and 178 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?.

Definition

Plant fitness measured through various components including fruit set, seed production, and seeds per plant

Related Terms (39)

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Publications (59)

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

2025Annals of Botanymeasured

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Does sodium in floral nectar enhance pollination & plant reproduction?

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Impacts of assisted migration: An introduced herbivore has short-term and long-term effects on its native host plant population

2024Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicatameasured

Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures

Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Related Concepts (10)

plant-pollinator mutualism

process20 shared papers

phenological mismatch

phenomenon18 shared papers

nectar robbing

process16 shared papers

pollination effectiveness

process12 shared papers

floral visitation rate

measurement11 shared papers

pollen limitation

phenomenon9 shared papers

pollinator foraging behavior

process9 shared papers

plant-microbial coupling

process6 shared papers

herbivory

process6 shared papers

climate change

phenomenon5 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Hummingbird

Bombus

Apidae32 papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae28 papers

I. aggregata

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae26 papers

Bombus appositus

Apidae24 papers

Bombus impatiens

Apidae24 papers

Bombus vosnesenskii

Apidae23 papers

B. vosnesenskii

B. rufocinctus

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larval success

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2024central

Group social structure has limited impact on reproductive success in a wild mammal

2023Behavioral Ecologymeasured

Sex-specific reproductive strategies in wild yellow-bellied marmots (<i> Marmota flaviventer </i>): senescence and genetic variance in annual reproductive success differ between the sexes

2022Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologymeasured

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Combined Effects of Aridity and Herbivory on Plant Performance

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & Evolutionmeasured

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021measured variable

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of Botanymeasured

Insect herbivory reshapes a native leaf microbiome

2020Nature Ecology & Evolutionmeasured

Lifetime Fitness, Sex-Specific Life History, and the Maintenance of a Polyphenism

2019The American Naturalistmeasured

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of <i> Mertensia </i> (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant Ecologymeasured

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of <i> Mertensia </i> (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant Ecologyreferenced

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Is Plant Fitness Proportional to Seed Set? An Experiment and a Spatial Model

2017The American Naturalistframework

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

2017Ecologymeasured

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of Ecologymeasured

Consequences of Nectar Robbing in Colorado Wildflowers: Insect Variation and Nectar Sugar Concentration

The Effects of Early Snow-melt on the Pollination and Seed Production of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

Effects of Life History Traits in the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow During Incubation

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

2016Global Change Biologymeasured

Impacts of early snow removal and frost on the reproductive success of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of <i>Colias</i> butterflies to recent climate change

2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciencesframework

Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

Bringing the male side of plant sex into focus

2014American Naturalistcentral

Reproductive Success and Parental Care of Nicrophorus investigator.

Effects of road proximity on pollinator visitation and reproductive success of Ipomopsis aggregate.

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

An Endophyte alters biological characteristics of the grass, Festuca thurberi.

Temporal variation in pollen limitation in Hydrophyllum fendleri (Boraginaceae) Individuals.

How does altered phenology affect pollination and reproduction of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>?

The effects of road dust on pollination and reproduction of the native wildflower species, <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

No evidence of inbreeding avoidance despite survival costs in a polygynous rodent

2012Molecular Ecologymeasured

The effects of flowering phenology and plant fitness within and across a light quality gradient for a native mustard, <i>Cardamine cordifolia</i>

How do the effects of herbivory and light gradients impact the overall plant fitness within different environments?

Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness components of the host plant <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2011Oecologiameasured

What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine

Color polymorphism in <i>Boechera stricta</i> due to phenotypic plasticity and reproductive advantage

Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2009Annals of Botanymeasured

Phoretic mite discrimination among male burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) hosts

2008Annals of the Entomological Society of Americaframework

Indirect fitness benefits do not compensate for the loss of direct fitness in yellow-bellied marmots

2008Journal of Mammalogymeasured

Hybridization and pollinator behavior in <i>Castilleja</i> (Orobanchaceae)

The Effects of Soil Nitrogen Availability on Plant Reproduction and Solitary Bee Behavior

Impacts of Mule Deer Herbivory on Herbaceous Vegetation in the Gothic Area, with Focus on Aquilegia coerulea

The effects of Castilleja miniata's parasitic relationship with Delphinium nuttallianum on pollinator visitation and pollination success

The effects of the invasive plant <i>Linaria vulgaris</i> on native plant fitness and pollinator behavior

Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: does high nectar production confer tolerance?

Effects of Interspecific Pollen Transfer (IPT) in a Specialist and a Generalist Flower

The effects of ungulate herbivory and nutrient variation on pollen reciept in Ipomopsis aggregata

Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000Ecologycentral

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000Ecologymeasured

Nectar Robbing in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998Oecologiameasured

Seed protection by ants foraging on the extrafloral nectaries of the aspen sunflower, <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>